"tea dance" meaning in All languages combined

See tea dance on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tea dance.wav Forms: tea dances [plural], T-dance [alternative], T dance [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tea dance (plural tea dances)
  1. (dated) A late afternoon or early evening dance, typically with a live orchestra (often referred to as a palm court orchestra) playing light classical music. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-tea_dance-en-noun-B4B-SqXP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Persian translations, Dance, LGBTQ, Tea Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Dance: 55 45 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 63 37 Disambiguation of Tea: 66 34
  2. (US, Canada) Any late afternoon or early evening dance, especially one similar to nightclub dancing that would usually be held later at night. Tags: Canada, US
    Sense id: en-tea_dance-en-noun-LUOP-dlz Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Terms with Persian translations, Dance Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Dance: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (late afternoon or early evening dance): thé dansant (French), ته دانسان (te-dânsân) (Persian)
Disambiguation of 'late afternoon or early evening dance': 49 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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